jmpage2;519859 Wrote: > I hope people realize that they are basically advising people to buy or > re-purpose a computer to leave on 24X7 and spend $50-$200 a year in > electric costs just to get an alarm to function reliably? > > It would almost be comical if it wasn't so asinine. > > I'm sure that the majority of SB Radio owners do NOT have their music > collection hosted locally as increasingly people use streaming services > for the majority of their listening. > > Recommending to such a person that to get the alarm clock to work > reliably they should run a computer 24X7 is simply crackers.
No. You misunderstand the issue. The issue is that: 1. most people have a computer of some sort already; 2. most people have broadband (ie highspeed internet); 3. a typical (and not abnormal) use of a computer attached to highspeed internet service is to have it always available so that you can, on demand and without waiting for boot-up, do things like check email, surf the web, download porn, pirate music, update your facebook page, blog, etc.; 4. So purchasing a product like the squeezebox radio and using squeezebox server software simply incorporates the likely use of an EXISTING setup (no one is suggesting buying a computer "just" for this purpose); 5. Not using or having a local music collection in the above circumstances has no bearing on whether you should/could use squeezebox server (as opposed to mysqueezebox.com) In fact, there are many reasons to use squeezebox server even if you do NOT have any local digital music. Some reaons include, but are not limited to: 1. more configuration options 2. seamless pass-through back and forth between mysqueezebox.com or local music (should you choose to ever play a local music file) -- without the question of where is that durn option to switch back to mysqueezebox, etc. 3. Generally more reliability As a matter of purely personal comment, I have a music collection that I RARELY use. 99.9% of the time my duet and squeezebox radio are playing internet radio, pandora or Sirius satellite streams. Of course, I use squeezebox server. So I would not confuse using or not using local music with the decision as to whether to use squeezebox server with a computer on 24/7. Although you NEED squeezebox server if you want to play local music, I still think it advisable to use squeezebox server in any situation. That is, of couse, assuming you have a computer at home. Which is a likely assumption for most people buying this product. -- eap ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eap's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32788 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75541 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
